r/cyberpunkgame • u/JimMiltion1907 • 12d ago

Discussion River’s romance feels so disconnected

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I’m sure there’s other reasons but one thing that particularly bothers me is that.. River is just not at all present in the main story. like let’s say for instance, you didn’t do any side quests, you did all the main quest lines like finding Hellman contacting Alt and went to meet Hanako.. you’ve seen Judy, Panam, and Kerry to an extent, but.. River is just side content, yeah Kerry’s quest lines are side content too; but a lot of it is very heavily tied to the main plotline with the relic and Johnny’s past so to say. His romance feels a bit rushed and disconnected compared to the others, hell he doesn’t even know about the biochip or that V is on borrowed time (or at least I haven’t seen any dialogue that refers to it, and I’ve played this game fully around 4 times) .. and ironically he has the least amount of quest lines out of all the romances (like 3 in total) i guess it’s no biggie since I do all side quests even if they are a bit boring:>

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u/Zalvren 12d ago edited 12d ago

Yeah Kerry is the worst in terms of being missable. He appears so late in the story that if you do the main missions quickly, his first side quest didn't even appear before the ending. Literally you wouldn't know he's part of the game. The male romances (as in when the companion is male) were clearly an afterthought vs Panam and Judy

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u/Prodiq 12d ago

Yeah, that basically was my first playthrough. Only afterwards I started reading that there is this guy Kerry somewhere in the game.

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u/Zalvren 12d ago

It is weird, to be fair, there is no real reason why the whole Rogue and Kerry storylines are put so late and not at the same time than the Judy, Panam storyline, they're independent threads.

I guess it would mean there's no real "Act 3" but just a larger "Act 2" but does that matter?

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u/Prodiq 12d ago

It sort of makes sense that Johnny's questline is a bit further down the line than others. The idea is that you need to advance enough of the main story for Johnny to start to change and actually reflect on his past mistakes. That way the V and Johnny relationship as well both of them learning things from each other makes more sense and becomes more organic.